Had to be done. Now I’m just going to hope all the weird moves were not an ownership problem (they were probably an ownership problem)
BucksBrew
Nothing personal against the guy obviously but this was a change that needed to happen. Wipe out the front office, turn into sellers in the offseason and start over. We will suck next year but as long as we are starting to show a promising future the fans will support. With how they’ve been handling the team they’ve been treading water and refusing to pick any direction and be a leader.
The writing was on the wall when he signed the Montour and Stephenson contracts.
AstroViking627
RON FRANCIS GET READY TO LEARN DRIVE-THRU CUSTOMER SERVICE
xdrpwneg
Oh boy I wonder if we’re gonna see the house be cleaned here, Botterill is a Francis guy so I wonder if the org is gonna keep him or just go for the clean sweep here
TheBookOfTormund
When your problems persist through 3 coaches and the only changes made are to hand out $90 mill to Montour and Stephenson…yikes.
Terrorist gone plus we are tanking and gonna rig the lottery for McKenna. Who has it better than us man 😭🙏
Goblinfromjumbo
WAR IS OVER
random-bored
Man… I can’t believe how bad we fumbled the first half-decade. I know Vegas got lucky being the first expansion team but c’mon. I always gave Francis the benefit of the doubt by thinking they knew they would have had to build through the entry draft which would take a long time for prospects to develop. I’m still crossing my fingers the we drafted well and the next half decade looks like this franchise developing into something interesting.
Neat_Pear_6761
JASON BOTTERILL YOU ARE NEXT
Hoooofed
huge news
prestieteste
Regardless of how we feel about this season and Ron he still put together the best damn broadcast team in the NHL. No chance we have John and Edzo if not for Ron Francis
Pittsburghsports2006
See ya Ronny
rpm2shea
Good first step, now do the rest of it.
juanthebaker
Can’t say I’m that surprised. I’m curious to see if Botterill gets more runway.
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Someone pinch me

Finally, Seattle might get the men’s team it deserves.
Thanks Ron for the mess you’ve created
He’s been bad since day one. This is huge for us!
I bet it was either a “step down and you’ll likely find work elsewhere real quick, or we’re gonna fire you and it might be a little harder” situation.
I literally gasped. Finally
https://preview.redd.it/8yk9owt0t1ug1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=79666230a9fcbcce45d840e73d147affe614746c
Oh wow
Upvote party time


Had to be done. Now I’m just going to hope all the weird moves were not an ownership problem (they were probably an ownership problem)
Nothing personal against the guy obviously but this was a change that needed to happen. Wipe out the front office, turn into sellers in the offseason and start over. We will suck next year but as long as we are starting to show a promising future the fans will support. With how they’ve been handling the team they’ve been treading water and refusing to pick any direction and be a leader.
The writing was on the wall when he signed the Montour and Stephenson contracts.
RON FRANCIS GET READY TO LEARN DRIVE-THRU CUSTOMER SERVICE
Oh boy I wonder if we’re gonna see the house be cleaned here, Botterill is a Francis guy so I wonder if the org is gonna keep him or just go for the clean sweep here
When your problems persist through 3 coaches and the only changes made are to hand out $90 mill to Montour and Stephenson…yikes.
https://preview.redd.it/b7lf0x6ft1ug1.jpeg?width=540&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5c52dd9e2cbd2268540623465f27319aaddd413a
https://i.redd.it/7oteifult1ug1.gif
https://preview.redd.it/0t9880qrt1ug1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=73564deb31b2af7ee82d36f220c9cce4e5c8e75f
Terrorist gone plus we are tanking and gonna rig the lottery for McKenna. Who has it better than us man 😭🙏
WAR IS OVER
Man… I can’t believe how bad we fumbled the first half-decade. I know Vegas got lucky being the first expansion team but c’mon. I always gave Francis the benefit of the doubt by thinking they knew they would have had to build through the entry draft which would take a long time for prospects to develop. I’m still crossing my fingers the we drafted well and the next half decade looks like this franchise developing into something interesting.
JASON BOTTERILL YOU ARE NEXT
huge news
Regardless of how we feel about this season and Ron he still put together the best damn broadcast team in the NHL. No chance we have John and Edzo if not for Ron Francis
See ya Ronny
Good first step, now do the rest of it.
Can’t say I’m that surprised. I’m curious to see if Botterill gets more runway.
We needed this to happen.
Official announcement: https://www.nhl.com/kraken/news/kraken-president-ron-francis-is-stepping-down-bn
You saw the same in Carolina. The man knows how to accumulate talent but not make the trades necessary to move up.
I’ll be happy to see someone else take over.
And it’s official. (via the Discord) [https://www.nhl.com/kraken/news/kraken-president-ron-francis-is-stepping-down-bn](https://www.nhl.com/kraken/news/kraken-president-ron-francis-is-stepping-down-bn)
Let’s goooo!!!!
https://preview.redd.it/6g4292bqu1ug1.jpeg?width=442&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=34912d9730b15bcaebc7b3cc7b76d1b98d2f42d0
LETS GOOOOOO

No one wants to admit it here but he was the true puppetmaster GM. Why else would he leave. Botterill was his PR yesman